atrophy
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Is atrophy a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use.countableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To wither or waste away.Examples: "Boy. I love summer vacation. I can feel my brain beginning to atrophy already."; "The M10 highway looks normal enough at the southern limits of St. Petersburg, but then, with a jolt, it begins to atrophy. For the next 430 miles the surface of the highway, while paved, varies from corduroy to jaw-rattling patchwork."intransitive
2. (transitive) To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.Examples: "Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion"transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary